Homegrown

Home Grown is a journey back to the past where life was less complicated. Where we grew our own vegetables and herbs, had chickens in the backyard and our neighbours over the fence to have a yarn. Home Grown magazine's objective is to take the reader on a journey of healthy living and lifestyle, from the garden to the table. In every issue we try to nurture our readers’ knowledge of the fundamentals of creating, growing, making and providing greener and healthier options in all facets of their lives. Our aim is to do our bit to halt today’s throwaway mentality, and to encourage recycling and re-using, which ultimately reduces our wastage and lowers the cost of everyday living. Each issue we’ll bring you hints and tips for not only growing but also preserving your own produce and show you practical and easy ways to reduce your bills and move more towards a sustainable lifestyle. Regular articles include: profiling an organic grower or producer as well as a local community garden; power and water saving tips, seasonal fruit, vegies and herbs; preserving your produce; a local grower’s market; easy recipes from your seasonal produce; organic growing hints and tips; DIY from recycled articles.

Eggstra Eggstra Read All About It • Free-range eggs are the fastest growing egg sector. Many customers are willing to pay a premium for eggs laid in conditions that meet sound ethical standards, however there has always been confusion about the meaning of “free-range’.

Citral and Spice, Warming and Nice

Let’s Go Shopping

Letters to the Editor

Winter in the Vegie Patch • Winter is an invigorating time of year, and what better way to energise yourself than to get some cool air into your lungs in the garden?! There are many jobs you can be doing right now to get your vegie patch in order.

Hearty Winter Vegetable and Brown Lentil Stew

Pumpkin, Kumera, Leek and Coconut Milk Soup

Feeding your Chooks • A good diet will result in not only a healthier chook, but also improved egg quality.

Growing Bulb Fennel

Planting a Bee Friendly Garden

New Fruit Tree Product Release

Losing the Plot • Every issue we love showing you a wonderful community garden in Australia. ‘Losing the Plot’ is an interactive exhibition at South Australia’s Migration Museum that explains our connection with food gardening, and how it is entwined with our migration history.

Which Heating System is Best for My Home?

Growing Kale

Kale Chips

Fabulous Flowers for Courtyard Gardens • Winter is the ideal time to assess your garden and see whether it has some areas of interest. Even a small courtyard should have a few pockets of flowers and contrasting foliage to spark an onlooker’s enjoyment.

Gemtree Wines • Gemtree is a family owned winery in McLaren Vale, South Australia, dedicated to growing better wine, naturally.

In the Market Hints, tips and reviews

Backyard Ponds Protect the locals • Having a pond or water feature in your garden has many benefits. Apart from the aesthetic pleasures, ponds can help cool the environment, and provide an opportunity for increased biodiversity in your garden, supporting natural pest predators like frogs, dragonflies and damselflies.

The Golden Lotus Banana • Once in a lifetime, there comes along an ‘old world’ plant that is too awe inspiring to ignore.

Growing Sweet Potatoes

Build a Classic Footstool • We will be producing all our joints with the Kreg® K4 Pocket Hole Jig. There are many other pocket hole jigs in the Kreg® range that will work just as effectively, but they may require a few extra steps. The advantage in using the Kreg® Pocket Hole Jig is that it produces a simple, strong, structurally sound joint. It’s perfect for this and many other applications.

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